This is a really common question that people have when entering the Family Court for the first time. The answer, as with all things, is it depends – on how prompt you are at complying with Court processes, on how difficult the other party is, on how busy the Court is and the urgency of competing cases, on issues that arise during your litigation that need to be dealt with…

But to give you an idea, I put together this infographic on the most common steps that a Family Court property settlement case goes through in Western Australia: